Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
1972 , Congress passes the Clean Water Act, which requires a federal permit for filling or dredging in “navigable waters,” defined as the “waters of the United States.” Obama Administration issues Waters of the United States (WOTUS rule), which ignites a major political dispute and becomes mired in litigation.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 3, 2024
2023 was a rough year for clean water. The Supreme Court took a hammer to the Clean Water Act with its decision in Sackett v. The Sackett decision was a tremendous loss for everyone who depends on clean water—that is, for all of us. In response, 27 states sued , and the rule was put on hold.
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Environment Next
AUGUST 31, 2021
District Court for the District of Arizona vacated a 2020 rulemaking that had pared back protections to certain bodies of water (see attached August 30, 2021 Opinion ). The 2020 rulemaking replaced a 2015 rule defining “waters of the United States” more broadly under the Clean Water Act.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 6, 2023
In its friend of the court brief in the Idaho case, the American Petroleum Association, the American Gas Association, and the Association for Oil Pipelines complained that the Clean Water Act led to a permitting system so “onerous” that the failure to obtain a permit after years of waiting “can be ruinous.”
Vorys Law
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
EPA’s website indicating the that Agencies have halted implementation of the Navigable Waters Protection Rule and are reverting back to the pre-2015 regulatory regime for interpreting the meaning of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) subject to federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act.
Circle of Blue
JANUARY 2, 2023
The EPA finalizes a new definition of the scope of the Clean Water Act. New data shows the number of households receiving federal water bill assistance rose last summer. The EPA misses its self-imposed, end-of-year deadline for issuing draft drinking water standards for PFOA and PFOS. The Rundown. On the Radar.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
On March 27, 2020, following years of research and evaluation, and months of compromise, professional staff at the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy completed the final permit conditions for livestock farmers to manage manure and other wastes produced by the state’s 291 concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. .
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